Outlaws and Peace Officers: Memoirs of Crime and Punishment in the Old West

by Stephen Brennan (Editor)

Overview

This New York Times' bestseller features the West’s most prominent lawmen and criminals, who tell their stories of fight, death, and survival.

In the romantic narrative of the Old West, two larger-than-life characters emerged as the perfect foils for each other—the rampant outlaw and the heroic peace officer. Without the villain, sheriffs would not have needed to uphold the law; and without the sheriff, villains would have had no law to break. Together, both personalities fought, lost, and triumphed amid shootouts, train robberies, and bank holdups against the backdrop of the lawless American frontier.

This spectacular New York Times' bestselling collection of true memoirs and autobiographies, told by the very people who lived these criminal and righteous lives during the Old West, reveal the outlaw and peace officer at their worst and best. Watch as Mark Twain introduces notorious gunslinger Jack Slade; hear about Theodore Roosevelt’s encounters with men, women, and game from Roosevelt himself; read sheriff Pat Garrett’s biography of Billy the Kid, the outlaw he killed; and listen as lawmen Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp describe each other in their own accounts. Including other carefully curated stories by Tom Horn, Cole Younger, and more, Outlaws and Peace Officers invokes danger, honor, and the fight for survival during this perilous but exciting chapter in American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634504362
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	01/26/2016
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Stephan Brennan is an editor, teacher, and playwright. He is the editor of The Best Cowboy Stories Ever Told, The Gigantic Book of Sailing Stories, The Gigantic Book of Pirate Stories, and Classic Adventure Stories.

Table of Contents

Chapter I Dodge William MacLeod Raine 1

Chapter II Cowboy Detective Charles Siringo 17

Chapter III Slade Mark Twain 32

Chapter IV Wild Bill Hickok J. W. Buel 50

Chapter V The Texas Rangers, How the Law Got Into the Chaparral Fredric Remington 73

Chapter VI Billy, the Kid Pat Garrett 84

Chapter VII Pat Garrett, Sheriff Pat Garrett 126

Chapter VIII The Daltons Emerson Hough 158

Chapter IX Evolution of a Train Robber Edgar Beecher Bronson 169

Chapter X Bat Masterson Wyatt Earp 182

Chapter XI Wyatt Earp Bat Masterson 198

Chapter XII The Statement of Wyatt Earp Wyatt Earp 209

Chapter XIII Theodore Roosevelt, Lawman Theodore Roosevelt 220

Chapter XIV Tom Horn, Cattle Detective Tom Horn 233

Chapter XV Exploits of the James Gang J. A. Dacus 241

Chapter XVI Cole Younger Cole Younger 264